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I recently wrote an entry on Soundtrip, aptly titled “What is Pinoy Music?”
Excerpt:
I WAS “lost” last weekend in the piles of books in a local bookstore. I was hunting for a book that was recommended to me earlier by a literary friend. But fate brought me to the “entertainment section” of this bookstore. There I [...]
I admire people who can write good stories. With mere words, they can take you to a made-up world. It can be full of joy, sadness, anger, rage, or fear. They can make the ordinary special. Sophia Romero’s Shiksa from Manila is an example. Blog Addicts has recently featured her blog, which contains stories. Her [...]
Yay! Mobile TV is almost here. Wait. What’s on? Well, that’s the biggest question that I want to ask service and network providers. Yes, mobile television is here but what content will it have. Will mobile TV services resort to shovelware, meaning pushing the same content we now see on our boob tube to the [...]
(UPDATE 2) More people are blogging about it. But here’s an interesting take (and photos) from one of the book’s contributing writers, Chong Ardivilla. Chong also reveals the story behind the book’s title (No, it’s not from the Burger Machine jingle, people ;-))
Here’s a video clip of Cambio performing live during the book launch.
(UPDATE) See, [...]
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
-Oscar Wilde
In an interview with senatorial aspirant Danton Remoto (which is scheduled to come out soon on Eleksyon 2007 podcast interview on INQUIRER.net), the English professor admitted missing reading since the start of the campaign. How [...]
Finally, the travel story I wrote about Saigon has come out. You can read it on INQUIRER.net’s Roadtrip.
Excerpt:
HO CHI MINH CITY–It was hard to miss the swarm [...]
Sa Wakas! Our book is out.
Tikman ang Langit: An Anthology on the Eraserheads is a collection of essays on the superproxy band Eraserheads. Contributors include Joey Alarilla, Abigail Ho, Chong Ardivilla, Claire Maneja, Edwin Sallan, Faye Ilogon, Jing Gaddi, Jing Garcia, Joel Pinaroc, Julio Dela Cruz Jr., Marco Abella, Vernon Sarne, Vincent Batacan, and [...]
Put the hours in; do it for long enough and magical life-transforming things happen eventually.
-Hugh McLeod, How to be Creative (cartoon also by McLeod)
I was up all night (or morning) trying to come up with a crude podcast. After hours of trial and error, I think I’ve done it! Why did I do it, you [...]
The technical advisory body admits there is ‘little time for poll automation,” while Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos says the poll body has no budget for modernization.
Meanwhile, Alex Villafania gives a preview of the upcoming Windows Vista, as he got his hands “dirty,” testing and playing around with the new operating system.
Finally, Joey Alarilla marvels at [...]
I really don’t know much about comics. So when I was given an assignment to cover the Komikon 2006, a Philippine comics convention, I bumped into some people who ignited my interest in comics. Remember the days when you tried to draw the best copy of Voltes V? Well, these days manga is more popular. [...]
